Monday, August 4, 2014 Ten newly hired sales professionals began working with us today. Many have extensive experience in sales, and I look forward to watching their careers develop with us. Before they will begin interacting with prospective customers, they will proceed through one week of training. During the training session, they will learn the […]

Sunday, August 3, 2014 During the month of July I only ran 151.52 miles. That was the lowest running distance I’ve covered during a month in several years. Reviewing those numbers embarrasses me because I set a goal at the beginning of this year of running 2,400 miles before the end of this year. Currently […]

Saturday, August 2, 2014   The heavy workload over the past week has really brought sacrifices to my running schedule. I prefer to run every day. By running seven days a week, I always feel fresh and energized. I intend to resume my runs tomorrow, though I don’t think that I’ll be able to stay […]

Friday, August 1, 2014   I spent the entire day writing a training program that will guide us through the coming weeks. For the first group of new hires, I brought eight people onboard. Despite the enormous amount of work that they did, two of the new hires resigned. We learned from this process, and […]

Thursday, July 31, 2014   When the stock market opened this morning, I sold my shares in Go Pro. Immediately thereafter, I purchased shares in El Pollo Loco, which trades under the stock market symbol LOCO. Loco means “crazy” in Spanish, and those shares went crazy today. I was very happy to earn a few […]

Wednesday, July 30, 2014   Today I went back to prison. The Washington State Department of Corrections opened its gates. My friend Justin and Paperny and I walked in to meet Michael Colwell. He leads the Correctional Industries division. When I say he “leads” the division, I mean it. Michael invests in best-in-class training programs […]

Tuesday, July 29, 2014   I’m on board an Alaska Airlines flight as I type this entry, flying to the Sea-Tac airport. Tomorrow I’m scheduled to lead a training seminar at a Washington State Prison. I’ll be teaching strategies that empowered me through the 9,500 days that I served. It’s important for me to share […]

Monday, July 28, 2014   While in prison, I knew that I would some challenges learning about technology upon my release. I’d read a lot about technology. Yet reading about technology doesn’t necessarily prepare an individual to use technology. I began serving my prison sentence in 1987, before email, the Internet, or other types of […]

Sunday, July 27, 2014   I work closely with a team of very talented people. Some of them have achieved extraordinary levels of success. Soon I’ll begin interviewing one of my colleagues who has built a large fortune as a real estate investor. He’ll tell me his story as I take notes, then write a […]

Saturday, July 26, 2014   When I came home from work last night, my wife gave me some great news. Carole is a nurse. Since we moved from Northern California to Southern California, she has been searching for the right employment opportunity. She received a few job offers in small hospitals, but Carole prefers to […]